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Homework
- Read “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Antonio Vargas and write a response to the questions on OpenLab.Â
- What did you think of this text? Explain!Â
- What is it mostly about? Write a 2-4 sentence summary. Be specific. Refer to the text itself. Use quotes even!Â
- What is the genre of the text? What is the tone?Â
- How do Antonio Vargas’s experiences influence his literacy development (reading, writing, speaking) and the development of his identity? Be specific. For example, how does an experience impact the way he speaks or his experience in school or at work?
- Why do you think Antonio Vargas wrote this article? Who do you think is the intended audience?
- What challenges did Antonio Vargas face? How did he overcome those challenges?
- What experiences and/or people affected Antonio Vargas the most? Explain.
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A. What I thought of text was very interesting because the author has to go through so much to able to speak actual English and its incredible to see the author to make it as a life story there is.
B. This text is mostly about the author being an undocumented immigrant and he was scared because he couldn’t live a normal life how other people do.
C. The text is about how hard life is when your a undocumented immigrant. and the tone to this is hiding your identity could be hard when times are tuff.
D. Antonio challenged himself to do better to learn English cause he wanted to loose his accent so people wouldn’t think of him weird cause he didn’t know about American slang so he wanted to understand it more by spending hours in his highschool watching VHS tapes to copy various characters by their words.
E. The reason why Antonio wrote this article because he want to share out his experience to everyone. The target audience was the people same undocumented immigrant as him.
F. The challenges Antonio had to face was that he was living in America and it was hard because only in his language he could speak to other people but people made fun of him for it cause of his accent so he tried to learn English by going to Philippines to loose his accent.
G. The people that affected Antonio the most was his grandparents cause he got kicked out the house for being gay and it affected him more cause his grandparents didn’t really support him or made him feel any better for being gay. but when he went to college and got a part time job he starting to do better then he was before and being more successful
1.This text is good because it shows the author as an undocumented immigrant in person, which I can not imagine about that.
2.It is mostly about the changes of an undocumented immigrant trying to integrate into American society and use real English.
3.The text is essay, the tone is negative.
4.The author watching a lot of TV shows and movie to change the way to speak and writing skill. During high school, The author spent hours at a time to do that for try to copy how various characters enunciate their words.
5.The author wants to show us that the difficult life situation does not stop us from learning English and try to get the better life. The intended audience is all people in difficult circumstances or Undocumented Immigrant people.
6.The challenges Antonio Vargas face was without valid government documents. His friends and family sought help for him and obtained some fake documents, even the SSN was fake.
7.Pat Hyland affected Antonio Vargas the most. Because Pat Hyland helped Antonio Vargas a lot in high school and took care of him after college. Antonio Vargas says “Pat and Rich almost surrogate parents for me”
What I think about this text is how he managed to be successful even though there was negative consequences
While staying with his grandparents and being an immigrant in the country illegally, he highlights his academic and professional achievements. Vargas describes the challenges he encountered since he lacked the necessary documents to be in the United States over the course of his narrative.
The genre of this text is a personal essay.
Because he didn’t know American slang and wanted to lose his accent to avoid being perceived as odd, Antonio challenged himself to learn English better. He did this by spending hours in his high school watching VHS videos to mimic different characters’ speech patterns.
I think he wrote this article to tell people what he went through and how he felt/experienced
He was scared of being deported to a country he doesn’t really know, He struggled with being unable to perform certain things in his life that would advance his career. In order to get around the problem of documentation and advance his career, he overcame this obstacle by leaning on his network of family, friends, coworkers, and mentors.
His grandparents, mentors, and work experience affected him the most. Especially his grandmother she wasn’t really accepting.
A. I thought the article was pretty cool because it shows a very good lesson. Despite all the things we went through and challenges he had to face he never let them stop him.
B. The article is about an undocumented immigrant trying to make a living in America. While people don’t make it easy for him through all the challenges he found a way.
C. This article is a personal essay. The article has an overall positive tone but some parts of his story came off as negative.
D. The author’s experience influenced his literacy by making him believe he needed to excel in whatever he did in order to be viewed as authentic
E. I think Antonio Vargas wrote this article because he wanted to share his story and all the things he went through and had to overcome.
F. His intended audience is people who are or were in the same situation he was in and giving them tips and tools and different ways he overcame it.
G. Antonio Vargas faced being unable to do certain things in his life working for fear of being deported to a country he doesn’t really know. He overcomes these challenges by turning to his family and friends.
H. People that affected Antonio the most are his grandparents. I say this because when he told them that he was gay they didnt accept him and kicked him out the house.
The text is interesting. It’s about the author immigrant coming from the Philippines at 12 years old. His mother sent him for a better life so he smuggled to United state. It’s mostly about his childhood journey from the Philippines to the United States. He presents his education and career as a journalist while living with his grandparent. The tone up his essay as a personal narrative. He keep it secret in school work. he doesn’t want anyone to know. He wrote this article to share his experience. to intended the audience for anyone who wants to know more about undocumented immigrant. He overcome the challenge by ignore the people. The people that affected Antonio Vargas the most were his parent and his principle and the school superintendent who said they will help him with the job interview and getting the driver license.
I found the text interesting because of the way the author gave descriptive anecdotes from his past.
The text overall is about the author’s struggles and feelings while growing up as an undocumented immigrant. The main emphasis is on the author’s fear while being in that circumstance.
The text is a personal essay, and an autobiography.
The author first explains how he had to improve his accent while speaking English by emulating others. He also shares the fact that one of the hardest parts of learning to speak the language was the concept of slang.
The article was written to inform others about his situation that impacted his whole life. It could also be intended to be informational for those who have experienced something similar.
Most of the challenges he faced revealed around him being undocumented. He then overcame his challenges with the aid of others.
His grandparents, who first were able to ensure that he could continue living in the United States, and his mentors that added additional support.
I think this was very powerful and interesting, as it put in perspective the authors real experience of being undocumented. As well, as struggling his whole life trying to come to terms with his identity and lying.
The story is about the authors difficulties on being undocumented and lying his whole life, while finding success in his career life. For example he worried that being undocumented would of held him back in pursuing his dream, in writing and journalism. Since he couldn’t get the simple documentation or even a drivers license.
The genre is a personal essay and the tone is both sad but encouraging.
His experiences influences his literacy development, since moving to America he wanted to prove himself as a citizen. He improved on his English and he would win spelling bees.
He wrote this article to share his experience. His intended audience are most likely undocumented immigrants as well.
Some challenges he faced is not being able to get the proper jobs he wanted or a drivers license. He couldn’t travel or go out of the country since he had no passport. He also had to lie his whole life and couldn’t trust this secret with most people like his close friends. He overcame them by having a good support system and network. They helped him in being able to move forward in life.
I believe his mentors and network affected him the most. They always believed in him and didn’t judge him for being undocumented. When he needed help they pulled some strings.
This piece was very compelling due to so many challenges the author had to face to achieve his success.
To sum up everything it was mainly about his struggles & challenges of being an undocumented immigrate. He shares many of his challenges one of them being speaking the English language without his accent. He started by watching television and reading many magazines, books & newspapers to enhance his speaking skills. Eventually he was able to start writing.
The genre of this piece is Personal essay. As for the tone I’d have to say neutral since there are moments of struggle and successes.
He felt the urge to get rid of his accent, so he started to read and watch television & eventually started to write. He also had a desire to try his hardest in any task to achieve his geal.
I believe he wrote this to change the mindset of how people view immigrants especially undocumented immigrants. He wants to show others the struggles of being an immigrant and what it takes to overcome tough challenges. This piece is written for those who are struggling to achieve their success, reading this could help change their mind set on never giving up on their dream.
One challenge he faced was not having a social security card. He had to use a fake passport with his real full name and go to the Social Security Administration office to apply for a card & number. When the card arrived, he noticed that it was a limited social security card which required I.N.S authorization for work. To overcome this his grandfather used silver tape to cover the I.N.S message on the card and make copies of the card. Just like that he began to look for work and no longer needed I.N.S authorization.
His grandfather was a major part of his success since he is the one that brought him to the U.S and also helped him every step of the way to get him settled with some documents to eventually find work.
This text was very interesting. It caught my attention as soonest i started reading because i can there are part of the authors journey I can also relate too. This text was about the authors obstacles he had to go through in order to become the person he is today. He mentions all the struggles he had to go through. he had to rebuild a completely new life away from his mom. As stated in the text “My mother wanted to give me a better life, so she sent me thousands of miles away to live with her parents in America — my grandfather (Lolo in Tagalog) and grandmother (Lola).” even though things weren’t easy he never gave up. Even if it meant he couldn’t trust anyone he would always have that positive mindset. the genre of this text is autobiography. Since the authors talks about his life. He didn’t feel comfortable with his accent because it impacted his life. He wanted to lose it. “My first challenge was the language. Though I learned English in the Philippines, I wanted to lose my accent. During high school, I spent hours at a time watching television”. Antonio Vargas wanted to write this article because there are many people out there who actually know how the struggle, the challenges an immigrant has to go through. Let people know it’s not easy. But with a positive mindset anything is possible. Despite all the struggles theres a good outcome. The challenges he had to go through was learning a new language, not having a social security, which did make things harder. having to adapt to a new life.
I like the text, it was interesting reading about a immigrants personal experiences.
The text is about the author living as an immigrant and struggling to fit in like the rest.
The text is a narrative. The tone was positive and negative.
Antonio Vargas’s experiences influenced his literacy development because it made him try his hardest to succeed in whatever he was doing. It made him very determined.
I think Antonio wrote this article to share his personal life as an immigrant. I think the article is intended for other immigrants or whoever would be interested.
The challenges Antonio faced was not having valid documents. This affected his career because he needed valid documents in order to do certain things. He decided to ask family and friends to help him succeed.
Antonio’s grandparents affected Antonio the most because they mostly supported him with everything ever since he moved in with them.
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3. The genre of this text is a personal narrative， and the tone is positive.
4. He studied English in the Philippines, but he wanted to lose his accent, so he spent a lot of time watching TV and reading magazines to strengthen his English ability.
5. The purpose of his article is to tell others what life is like in the United States as an undocumented immigrant. His intended audience is those undocumented immigrants living in the United States like him. Tell them not to give up and stick to what they pursue.
7. His grandfather because grandparents have provided a lot of resources for him after graduating from school.
I found the text interesting and emotional, It’s emotional because it shared a common reality that many immigrants had to go through which he described as living in a different reality My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant By Jose Antonio Vargas states that “living a different kind of reality. It means going about my day in fear of being found out” (The New York Times, June 22, 2011), vargas explained the fear he has been through as being an undocumented Immigrant from being cought of who he really is.
The text was mainly about a 12 years old vargas sent by his mom who promised him she follow him soon but never did to live in the united with his grand parents Lolo and Lola, According to My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant By Jose Antonio Vargas states ” My mother wanted to give me a better life, so she sent me thousands of miles away to live with her parents in America” (The New York Times, June 22, 2011).
The genera of the book is a personal essay, and the tone is an optimistic, because Vargas was always optimistic and confident about his future.
His experiences of fear, hiding and running away from who he is, where at some point of his life he felt exhausted and believed that writing is a power and a way to share his story with the world, According to My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant By Jose Antonio Vargas states “ I respect and institutions that trusted me, of running away from who I am. I’m done running. I’m exhausted. I don’t want that life anymore. So I’ve decided to come forward, own up to what I’ve done, and tell my story to the best of my recollection” (The New York Times, June 22, 2011).
I think he wrote this article to share his story with the world. I think his intended Audience is generally all readers including undocumented immigrants or immigrants in general.
Vargas faces a lot of challenges starting when he had to leave his mom and travel miles away for a better future, struggled finding a job and he faced fear and depression worried about getting cought.
the people that effected his life the most is his grandfather Lol who brought him to the United States and took care of him for the entire time he was with him
Reading this made me very sad because this is the reality of many people that moved to America for a better life.
This text is about being an undocumented immigrant and living in fear and him wanting to have a somewhat normal life.
I think the genre of this text is like an article. The tone of the text is mostly negative because it shares his experience of being an undocumented immigrant and the struggle.
I think Antonio Vargas’s Experience influenced his literacy development and developed his identity. He started to learn English and be good at writing because he wanted to fit in and be considered an American. That’s why he learned to speak English without an accent, became good at writing, and became a journalist. Because he thought for him to be considered American he needed to be good at all those things to fit in, and he needed to speak proper English and be good at writing.
I think Antonio Vargas Wrote this article to share his experience and to let people know what it’s like to be an undocumented immigrant and I think also because so people don’t have the stereotype.
I think his intended audience is a lot of people because so they understand what it’s like to be undocumented immigrants and what they have to go through every single day and the struggle.
Some of the challenges that he faced were living in fear of being deported and not having valid government documents.